As local news continues to undergo a crisis, newsrooms throughout the U.S. are working on ways to reimagine local media.
On Nov. 30, the University of Maryland, Baltimore County will host a conversation with local journalists to discuss how local media outlets can reimagine journalism and work with scholars to provide information to the public.
The conversation will take place at Red Emma’s Bookstore Coffeehouse, located at 1225 Cathedral Street, from 6:30-8:00 p.m.
Two Baltimore-based journalists, Lisa Snowden and J. Brian Charles, will participate, along with two journalists based in Detroit and Chicago.
Snowden is an independent journalist in Baltimore and the founder of the Baltimore Beat. She is also a key figure on Baltimore Twitter. Snowden’s work can be found in Baltimore City Paper, Baltimore Sun, Columbia Journalism Review, Essence magazine, Washington Post, and more.
J. Brian Charles is a Baltimore-based reporter for The Trace, a nonprofit newsroom dedicated to reporting on gun violence in the U.S. He has recently written about the defund the police movement in Baltimore and the city’s recent investment in the Department of Recreation and Parks.
The conversation will also include Sarah Alvarez, founder of Detroit-based Outlier Media, and Andrew Herrera, director of network growth at City Bureau, a Chicago-based journalism lab.
The talk will be moderated by Nicole King (UMBC) and Imani Spence (UMD-College Park).
It is sponsored by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for UMBC’s Baltimore Field School.
Those interested can register here.
